GALENA, Mo. – New decals on the Stone County Sheriff’s Department’s patrol cars have gained national attention over the last few days.
Monday morning. Sheriff Doug Rader was featured on Fox News – discussing the reaction to his decision to put “In God We Trust” on the department’s vehicles.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ar. – The interpretation of a nativity scene in Baxter County, Arkansas is at the center of a federal lawsuit.
Both sides of the lawsuit have requested summary judgments, from a judge in Fayetteville, in hopes their respective definitions of “secular” are upheld.

While church attendance is declining nationwide, one religious group is seeing notable growth - Evangelical Protestants.
One in 10 adults now consider themselves part of that group, also known as born agains and they're going to what is being described as mega-churches.

Brown Baptist Church will be hosting a youth conference later this month, but pre-registration is underway right now.
Pastor Bartholomew Orr and Doctor Anitra Shelton-Quinn are here to talk about the conference and a boot camp for parents.

Action News' Paige Kelton is showing the local effort to restore peace in our community by restoring its faith. New studies show many millennials are turning away from religion. Bishop John Guns has spent decades inspiring the faithful. But in recent years, he's seen many young men and women leave the church.

A holy relic from Saint Augustine of Hippo’s own body is resting in the city that bears his name. The Rev. Tom Willis, rector of the Cathedral Basilica, explained Hippo’s importance in the Catholic Church. “He became one of its best teachers, if not one of the most prominent teachers of the Christian Catholic faith that the church has ever known,” Willis said.

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.
THE MASSACRE AT EMANUEL AME ISN'T THE FIRST ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CHURCH OR ITS CONGREGANTS.
IN FACT THE CHURCH HAS A LONG HISTORY OF RISING UP AGAINST RACIAL HOSTILITY.